Roger Mainwood (born 31 July 1953 - 20 September 2018) was a British animator and film director.
He is best known for his work on Heavy Metal (1981), The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1994), Stressed Eric (2000), Meg and Mog (2003) and Ethel & Ernest (2016).
[1] Mainwood assisted the Queen Elizabeth's school in Faversham, where he received an education in the arts.
[1][4] In 1994, Mainwood released his first TV feature as a director, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends.
Twenty-two years later he directed his first animation film, Ethel & Ernest, based on the graphic novel by illustrator Raymond Briggs.